I made a website in mostly CSS based on a template. It's http://www.startsphere.com. I can't seen to figure out how to make a CSS website from scratch.

Anyways, could you guys review that website, maybe tell what needs improvement. I whipped it up in a couple of hours the other day.

Site looks pretty good. Very clean, good organization.

I would recommend using a sans serif font. Something like arial, verdana, tahoma, etc. Also you might want to add more alt tags, something that describes the content of the page. Doing so will help your search engine placement.

I wouldnt call this a CSS site at all. The layout depends on tables for element positioning. The visual styles are CSS and this helps to clean up the code but these styles are internal, not external. So the existing way that CSS is implemented defeats any performance gains and site management advantages through global style sheets.

startsphere I think you did a good job with your site. You haven't fully made the switch to css yet, but you're on your way. Using css for postioning can be the hardest part in completely moving over. The basic concepts are easy enough to grasp, but sometimes it can be difficult to see how you would layout an entire site. It most takes practice.

Here's a tutorial from A List Apart. The site itself has some great articles for css coding in general.

Another great source for leaning is other sites. Anytime you see a site you like take a look at the source code and spend a little time to see how the site was constructed. The more you see the code of others and practice css layout yourself the easier it will become.

I don't think it's possible to make a pure CSS site as CSS is for styling. You have to use it in conjuction with HTML, just as you're never going to make a pure javascript or ASP.Net site. HTML is the glue that holds it all together to see.

You're right of course Webcyte though I'm not sure anyone here was suggesting otherwise. I think by pure css people are just meaning that you're not using html attributes for styling and using css positioning instead of tables to layout a site.

html is always going to be there.

SO overall, my website is alright?

Can you give me some basic suggestions on what to change like in colors, fonts, etc. I already changed it up a bit, but please give me your feedback. It's very much appreciated!

Originally Posted by SlayersOtaku

Site looks pretty good. Very clean, good organization.

I would recommend using a sans serif font. Something like arial, verdana, tahoma, etc. Also you might want to add more alt tags, something that describes the content of the page. Doing so will help your search engine placement.

What do you mean by "alt tags"? u mean just giving each picture its own alt?

startsphere I think you're site looks good. I agree about using sans-serif fonts instead of serif fonts. I think your colors look good and the site has a clean and professional look.

I think it would look better if you could get the whole thing centered on the page.

I disagree about adding alt attributes to all your images. Most should just be alt="" You only want to have something there if it will be useful for someone who can't see your images. If you're using an image as a link then you would want to include something. Adding text to your alt attibutes won't really help with search engines as many people think and shouldn't be used that way.

456 Berea St has a good article on alt and title attributes and how to use them properly.

I don't think you have a colour scheme yet, and you could do with a few site style conventions and stick to them. Not only do conventions ensure an overall coherent look for the site, it adds professionalism.

About a colour scheme; I'd stick with your green, blue and orange, they're all harmonious and together are almost what's called a split-complimentary colour scheme. Use the light muted warm grays for cell bg's where required and the red for link roll overs.

The global nav links could do with a gradient background similar to the 1,2,3 countdown numbers.

As for conventions, how about orange for links and 4 shades of blue from dark to light for your h1, h2, h3, h4 tags.

Another suggestion: Don't underline text that isn't a link. It's confusing to people as they will assume it is a link.

Ok. Now for a general question. Do you know of any good hosts that I dont have and you think i should add to startsphere? So you know of any bad ones that you had experience with and I should write a review on based on your experience with them? Im told 1&1 is good, so what else shud i add?

Dude - ur in the wrong forum to be asking such things. This post belongs to website reviews and your latest question belongs in the market place or advertising categories.

Why not check out WebHosting-talk forums.

Originally Posted by metho

Why not check out WebHosting-talk forums.

Lol yea i'm banned from there till tomorrow because supposedly i spammed.

http://www.interstellar-solutions.co...templates.html

there are 5 free templates that use css here.

I'd also suggest that you make sure all your links work.

for example the link to Visit TemplateDogma.com Now! on your top web designer pages doesn't work